Two Share Chess

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31880, 7 January 1969, Page 13

Two Share Chess

(N.Z. Press Association) WELLINGTON. O. Sarapu (Auckland) and B. Anderson (Christchurch) yesterday tied for first place: in the championship grade of the Rothmans national chess! congress in Wellington. They finished with 94: points. In third place with; nine points was G. Hall (Christchurch). The title was in the balance when the eleventh and final round began yesterday. Sarapu played Hall. A win for Sarapu would " have regained him the title which he did not contest last year. : If Hall had won he and! Anderson would have tied for] first place. After 51 moves, Hall l offered a draw and Sarapu] accepted.

Other points in the championship grade were: A. Fenerides (Wellington) 8, B.i Deben (Wellington) 64, A.| Day (Auckland) 54, V. Lush-: cott (Wellington) 4|, G.| Haase (Dunedin) and C. Evans (Auckland) 4, Z. Fran-; kel (Wellington) 3, E. G. A.! iFrost (Wellington) IJ, N. T. ;Fletcher (Wellington) 1. I In the reserve grade, P. B. Goffin (Palmerston North) was leading with 7j points and needed to beat P. W. Power (Auckland) to win the title, but Power won. G. Kerr (Dunedin) and B. | A. Carpinter (Christchurch) i thus shared first place with 18 points. Then came Goffin, i Power, L. M. Cornford- (Wellington), I. R. Gordon (Wel- ] lington) and R. Shaw (WeiI lington) all with 7 points.